Our Publications

The Trust’s publications incorporate the radical new thinking about the future of public libraries that the Trust has developed since 2016.

The Power of Curiosity / 2019

A proposition by the James Reckitt Library Trust for the revitalisation of Whitefriargate through knowledge, creativity and imagination.

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Rethinking Public Library Services in Hull / 2017

The fullest exposition of the Trust’s views, the report is a detailed, wide-ranging and radical report on the city’s public libraries. It sets out both a practical development path for the library service in Hull and a new perspective on public libraries in general.

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Aspirational Brief for a New Central Library / 2017

A short conceptual brief for a new central library in Hull.

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The Soul of the City / 2016

The Trust’s 2016 manifesto was a clarion call for the defence of public libraries.

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